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Lexicon :: Strong's G3191 - meletaō

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μελετάω
Transliteration
meletaō (Key)
Pronunciation
mel-et-ah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a presumed derivative of μέλει (G3199)
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Strong’s Definitions

μελετάω meletáō, mel-et-ah'-o; from a presumed derivative of G3199; to take care of, i.e. (by implication) revolve in the mind:—imagine, (pre-)meditate.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3191 in the following manner: premeditate (1x), imagine (1x), meditate (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3191 in the following manner: premeditate (1x), imagine (1x), meditate (1x).

  1. to care for, attend to carefully, practise

  2. to meditate i.e. to devise, contrive

    1. used of the Greeks of the meditative pondering and the practice of orators and rhetoricians

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μελετάω meletáō, mel-et-ah'-o; from a presumed derivative of G3199; to take care of, i.e. (by implication) revolve in the mind:—imagine, (pre-)meditate.
STRONGS G3191:
μελετάω, μελέτω; 1 aorist ἐμελέτησα; (from μελέτη care, practice); especially frequent in Greek writings from Sophocles and Thucydides down; the Sept. chiefly for הָגָה; to care for, attend to carefully, practise: τί, 1 Timothy 4:15 (R. V. be diligent in); to meditate equivalent to to devise, contrive: Acts 4:25 from Psalm 2:1; used by the Greeks of the meditative pondering and the practice of orators and rhetoricians, as μελετᾶν τήν ἀπολογίαν ὑπέρ ἑαυτῶν, Demosthenes, p. 1129, 9 (cf. Passow, under the word, d. (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2 and III. 4 b.)), which usage seems to have been in the writer's mind in Mark 13:11 (R L brackets Compare: προμελετάω).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
2:1
Mark
13:11
Acts
4:25
1 Timothy
4:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3191 matches the Greek μελετάω (meletaō),
which occurs 31 times in 30 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:8 - Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 - Is there any wickedness on my lips? Can my mouth not discern malice?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:4 - my lips will not say anything wicked, and my tongue will not utter lies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:2 - but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1 - Why do the nations conspire[fn] and the peoples plot in vain?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:28 - My tongue will proclaim your righteousness, your praises all day long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:30 - The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues speak what is just.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12 - Those who want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:6 - On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24 - My tongue will tell of your righteous acts all day long, for those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame and confusion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:5 - I thought about the former days, the years of long ago;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:12 - I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:9 - All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a moan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:16 - I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:47 - for I delight in your commands because I love them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:70

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:70 - Their hearts are callous and unfeeling, but I delight in your law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:117

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:117 - Uphold me, and I will be delivered; I will always have regard for your decrees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:148

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:148 - My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:5 - I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:7 - My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:2 - When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:28 - The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27 - Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2 - for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about making trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:7 - Therefore the Moabites wail, they wail together for Moab. Lament and grieve for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:8 - By warfare[fn] and exile you contend with her— with his fierce blast he drives her out, as on a day the east wind blows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:18 - In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror: “Where is that chief officer? Where is the one who took the revenue? Where is the officer in charge of the towers?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 - I cried like a swift or thrush, I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:3 - For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken falsely, and your tongue mutters wicked things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:13 - rebellion and treachery against the LORD, turning our backs on our God, inciting revolt and oppression, uttering lies our hearts have conceived.
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